Page 78 of The One
I sighed as I looked at the wetness on his mouth that I knew was all me. “What did you just do to me?”
“I fucking ate you.” He ran his teeth over his bottom lip.
“Yes. You did a lot of that.”
He smiled. “And there’s a lot more where that came from. But right now, we have to go graduate. Later, you’re going to get the rest.”
“Fair.”
“Kiss me.” His tone turned to a growl.
I checked out his lips again, unsure I even wanted to go there. “On the mouth? Really?”
“I want you to know what your cum tastes like.”
Before I had a chance to respond, his lips were pressed against mine.
And in that moment, I tasted myself.
There was a sweetness I hadn’t expected.
A kind of satisfaction I hadn’t been prepared for.
And when he pulled away, our faces still close together, he said in a deep, gritty voice, “What’s it like to know I’ll do anything to taste you?” He put his hand on the wall above my head. “To know that my need for you runs so deep that I took us out of line to graduate.” His lips were almost touching mine. “That I brought you here, a place I’d sought out when I arrived because I knew I’d have to have you.” He kissed me again. “That you have the power to get me on my knees.”
EIGHTEEN
Rhett
Present Day
Iwas parked in front of the field at my old high school, watching Lainey make her way around the large oval track. She wasn’t running. Her speed was a brisk walk, and when she passed the spot closest to my car, I could see the white earbuds firmly pressed in her ears.
I wondered what she was listening to.
What she found entertaining, whether it was a podcast or an audiobook. Or maybe she was on the phone, and I just hadn’t seen her lips move.
I had questions.
How had she spent the last fifteen years, aside from what I’d seen on Instagram?
Why was she suddenly back?
And out of all places, what was the reason she’d chosen to walk here?
Our senior year, we’d spent a lot of time on this field. This was where every home game was held. Lainey would be in the stands, watching me play ball. She’d rush to the grass when it was over, jumping into my arms. She hadn’t cared that I was dirty and sweaty. Her lips would find mine and stay there until I pulled away.
Fuck, that felt like a million years ago.
When times had been good.
Unlike now.
I turned off the car and took out my phone.
Me
You can go home. I’m here.
